Posted by MH on April 11, 2002 at 11:58:39:
In Reply to: Re: Two points posted by Marcus on April 11, 2002 at 10:59:37:
But, because of the 'addictiveness' of all drugs (including pot, including alcohol), I beleive you would see a marked upsurge in robberies as drug users would need to feed their addiction (whether or not the drugs were legalized in the first place). Drug users (including alcoholics) have a difficult time holding down a job which leads to trying to 'creatively' finance their needs. So you'd end up with more out of work people with less money trying to find ways not to make ends meet but rather where (or who) they can easily target for a quick 'score'.
Again, IF pot were to be legalized, the government WOULD place high taxes on it (or any other drugs) which wouldn't drive down the cost (rather would probably keep it in line with today's prices).